Faisal Adel

Faisal Adel (16 June 1949-24 June 1973) was a PFLP member and one of the hijackers of Lufthansa Flight 273.

Biography
Faisal Adel was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine to a family of Sunni Muslim Palestinians. Adel joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and he was the youngest member of Irfan Noori's group during the operation to hijack Lufthansa Flight 273 on 23 June 1973. Adel was killed by Sayeret Matkal commandos when the plane was stormed on the runway of Damascus International Airport in Syria.